Breaking in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Shattering, Fracturing, Breaking down, Tearing down

What it means

Shattering bondages; overthrowing systems; tearing down strongholds; a prophetic call.

Confronting opposing forces; tearing down evil fortifications; challenging traditions; destroying false belief.

See, I have this day set thee over the nations, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. The prophetic commission begins with demolition and ends with planting.

✦ When it is positive

Calling people back to God
Removing idols
A call to revival
Preparing hearts

⚠ When it is a warning

Tearing down God's work instead of the enemy's
Destroying what was righteously built
Covenant infidelity and unfaithfulness — a vow made and not kept
The crushing of nations, as a potter's vessel is broken
A vessel broken beyond mending, as Jeremiah broke the bottle before the elders

How to tell the difference

Establish WHAT is being broken and BY WHOSE HAND. Breaking a stronghold is commission; breaking what God built is warning. A time to break down, and a time to build up — note which season the dream is showing. Note also that BREAKING can mean the breaking of a vow or covenant with God — see Numbers 30:2 — which is a different matter from breaking a stronghold. For the breaking of bread in fellowship, see Breaking Bread.

Scripture

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes 3:3 (WEB)

Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
Jeremiah 1:10 (WEB)

⁴for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, ⁵throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (WEB)

When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
Numbers 30:2 (WEB)

You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”
Psalm 2:9 (WEB)